How Many Books Have You Read This Year?

At the end of the year, everyone’s counting something… businesspersons their profits, sportsmen their trophies, photographers their photos, musicians their songs, painters their paintings, and so on. Us literary persons must count the books we’ve read (for alas, counting the ones we wrote wouldn’t take too long).

This year I haven’t read that many paperbacks, being extremely engaged in my own literary compositions. But I’ve listened to plenty of audiobooks to compensate. Here’s a list of all the books I read this year, from the first to the last, with ratings too!

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My original goal was to read 25 books this year because I’m a slow reader. But I was shocked when I ended up reading 91 books this year. This last January to August, I just read 15 books, I think. Then I started to pick up the pace this last September.

I hope I can continue reading more next year. And I think I’ll be reading some from your list. Thank you! 😀

I’ve read about 150 this year. Most of them not as highbrow as yours. I have read about 15 on your list in the past. Life of Pi is a big favorite. And I love Murakami. My favorite of the year was Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.

Well 1stly congratz on reading that much. And remembering all the titles. Now that I think of it I’m not even sure, especially since I read a lot during the summer…

I read about 12 books I think? But they were pretty long I guess. Allegiant by Veronica Roth, Ender’s Game Trilogy, Assassin’s Apprentice, Hunger Games Trilogy, Lord of the Flies… Off the top of my head xD Reading Life of Pi atm but pretty lazy.

I was very bad with reading this year. My goal was one book a month as I had final year of college and two jobs to contend with. I read none until halfway through July and then got going. My total was 16.

I’ve read 19 novels and 2 memoirs, whilst writing a novel of my own but making sure my reading material bears no relation to the type of story I’m writing so I can keep the two activities separate.

What a wonderfully enriching list of books you’ve listened to. I’m reading Neil Gaiman’s “American Gods” at the moment. He’s a most unique writer. I loved Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy and read the three books one after another, as if it was one big book. It took me a month!

I must have read a few but really can’t recall how many…approximate guess is 15-20 though would have liked to read more. But with a part-time job, writing my blog and being a full time mother to an active toddler, it was the best I could do. Will def try to increase the count this year!!!